Howard Gilman (February 15, 1924 – January 3, 1998) was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He descendant of Isaac Gilman, who had founded the Gilman Paper Company in 1884.
4-481: The Howard Gilman Foundation is a charitable organization started by Howard Gilman . This article about a philanthropic or charitable organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Howard Gilman Gilman was born and raised on Manhattan's Upper East Side. He attended Horace Mann School in the Bronx, New York , and received his bachelor's degree in 1944 from Dartmouth College , where he
8-472: Was disinherited and his brother took over the company. Through a deal wherein the two brothers received 50% of Gilman for free from the trust that managed their father's estate, Gilman's attorney was able to regain his share of the paper company. After his brother died from a hear attack in 1982, his widow Sondra Gilman sold him her share of the company. Gilman invested $ 300 million on his charities and other projects between 1988 and 1997. The largest project
12-590: Was elected to Phi Beta Kappa . He served in the Navy during World War II . His father Charles Gilman, was the president of the Gilman Paper Company . After his death in 1967, Gilman's brother Charles "Chris" Gilman Jr. became president and Gilman, who was the older brother, became a senior officer. His relationship with his brother deteriorated due to envy and resentment about the company's control. When their mother Sylvia Gilman sided with his brother in 1979, Gilman
16-686: Was spending $ 154 million transforming the White Oak Plantation in Yulee, Florida —which was acquired by the Gilman family in 1938—into a conservation preserve and conference center. Gilman died in 1998 of a heart attack at age 73, at his White Oak estate near Jacksonville, Florida . He had $ 1.1 billion in assets, and $ 550 million of debt. As he was childless, he donated his assets to the Howard Gilman Foundation . The Brooklyn Academy of Music has
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